Box Score vs. Rowan
Box Score vs. Marymount
Box Score vs. PSU-Altoona
ARLINGTON, Va. – Senior
Nicole Barr (Annapolis,
MD/Broadneck)
recorded her 20th kill of the match against Penn
State-Altoona to give Gettysburg
a 15-11 come-from-behind win in fifth game and give the
Bullets (11-2) their ninth straight victory and second tournament
championship of the season at Marymount on Saturday.
Barr, who
recorded 43 kills in three matches, was named the tournament’s
most valuable player. Junior Shannan Smith (Milmont Park, PA/Ridley)
also garnered all-tournament honors.
After tallying
62 assists in the first two matches of the day, Smith put
up a career-high 66 assists in the match against the Lions
(5-5) to move into third place on the all-time list with
2,105 for her career, passing her current coach Kim Kelly (2,079 from 1988-91).
Earlier
in the day, the Bullets swept Rowan (30-23, 30-22, 30-17)
and Marymount (30-25, 30-20, 30-24).
PSU-Altoona
won the first two games of the final match 31-29 and 30-27
before Gettysburg came back to win games three and
four 30-28 and 30-21, respectively, to force the deciding
game.
Barr completed
her fourth double-double of the season with 12 digs. Jessica
Cortese (Lancaster,
PA/Hempfield)
also notched her fourth double-double with 15 kills and
a team-high 23 digs.
Steph Vial (Hanover,
PA/Delone
Catholic) added 17 digs while Erica Rau (Oakland Park, FL/Pine Crest) contributed a career-high 15 kills
and Erin Barkdoll (Dover,
PA/Dover)
added 13.
Smith, Vial
and Margaret Hallahan
(Huntingdon,
PA/Huntingdon) had two service aces
apiece. Sophomore Hillary
Prutzman (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) – seeing her
first action of 2004 – picked up where she left of
in 2003, adding a career-high seven block assists. Barr
and Smith notched five and two, respectively.
Against
the Profs (5-1), Barr and Rau paced the attack with 11 and
seven kills, respectively. Smith added 30 assists and four
aces while Vial had 11 digs and three aces. Cortese added 10 digs.
Barr had
five total blocks, and Rau and Katie
Heffner (Easton, PA/Easton) had two
each.
Against
the Saints (8-5), Barr led the way with 12 kills, seven
digs and two block assists. Cortese added nine kills and eight digs. Smith had 32 assists
while Hallahan tallied three aces.
Cortese’s 15 kills in against the Lions moved her into fourth
place on the all-time kills list. She also moved up a spot
on the all-time digs list, where she is now eighth with
1085 career digs. Barr also jumped into seventh place on
the kills chart and hurdled two spots on the digs chart
into 10th all-time.
Gettysburg returns to action in its Centennial
Conference opener at Johns Hopkins on Sept.
28. Match time is 7 p.m.
Gettysburg def. Rowan,
3-0 (30-23, 30-22, 30-17)
Gettysburg Leaders:
Kills:
Nicole Barr 11, Erica Rau 7; Assists: Shannan Smith 30;
Service Aces: Smith 4, Steph Vial 3; Digs: Vial 11, Jessica
Cortese 10; Blocks: Barr 5, Rau 2, Katie Heffner 2.
Gettysburg def. Marymount, 3-0 (30-25, 30-20, 30-24)
Gettysburg Leaders:
Kills:
Barr 12, Cortese 9, Erin Barkdoll 8; Assists: Shannan Smith
32; Service Aces: Margaret Hallahan 3; Digs: Vial 12, Cortese
8, Barr 7; Blocks: Barr 2, Rau 2, Smith 2.
Gettysburg def. Penn
State-Altoona, 3-2 (29-31, 27-30, 30-28, 30-21, 15-11)
Gettysburg Leaders:
Kills:
Barr 20, Cortese 15, Rau 15, Barkdoll 13; Assists: Shannan
Smith 66; Service Aces: Hallahan 2, Smith 2, Vial 2; Digs:
Cortese 23, Vial 17, Barr 12; Blocks: Hillary Prutzman 8,
Barr 5, Smith 3.
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